andrew van dam
@andrewvandam.bsky.social
Data columnist at Washington Sun! formerly the Department of Data at the Washington Post and other things
unreal piece by @federicacocco.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social. look at those job numbers falling off a cliff! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Washington Post Data Team@wpdatateam.bsky.social · 3d agoDavid Reyna voted for Trump. He didn't expect it to hurt his business. “We didn’t think this administration was going to crack down on undocumented workers that hard,” Reyna said. "It is completely devastating the local construction industry. It’s grinding it down to a halt.”
Last winter, when Shorty and I were just starting a walk, I spotted another dog's turd and scooped it up. Shorty was immediately like "okay great, let's go home now!" And that's when I realized he thought the purpose of our daily walks was just to get a nice bag of poop. Didn't matter whose.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d agoOne thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
It's here! Introducing: Dollars & Sense with Michelle Singletary www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKf...
Introducing: Dollars & Sense With Michelle Singletary
YouTube video by Washington Post
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I started a thread in March asking for examples of data visualizations that focus on the human cost of violence, tragedies, and disasters. Today, the course I built with those examples is out on the Open Visualization Academy, free for everyone: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/visu...
1.0 Introduction - Visualizing Loss and Tragedy - Open Visualization Academy
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I apparently forgot to update my bio for a long time, so here's the scoop: I'm now a data reporter at City Cast DC! I write + report about everything numeric and hyperlocal. So far that is the U.S. Park Police, the suicide lifeline, streateries, paid leave, a really really big dome, + more
Thank you @noamscheiber.bsky.social for such a thoughtfully reported @nytimes.com piece about our Class Gap research. Key point: the class gap is NOT an academia specific phenomenon. The cultural & social capital that come from class background matter in many elite settings.
Noam Scheiber@noamscheiber.bsky.social · 3w ago"If you’re a white working-class guy in an elite profession, you’re also facing pretty serious barriers.” Some very persuasive evidence that the "class ceiling" is a huge problem for white-collar workers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
Scoop: Former DOGE operatives are building an AI chatbot meant to help Americans do things like get a passport or file taxes. If that last one sounds familiar: yes, this comes after the Trump admin killed a govt tax filing service, Direct File, last year. www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
Trump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government Services
Former DOGE operatives are working on a website that could offer services like direct tax filing — similar to a Biden-era program the Trump administration killed.
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The Washington Sun is leading “All-DMV,” a local news collaboration with @fox5dc.com.web.brid.gy, @nbcwashington.com and @wtopnews.bsky.social to cover high school sports across the D.C. area. The inaugural season will start with public and private high school football, soccer and volleyball.
The Washington Sun leads “All-DMV” local news collaborative to highlight high school sports
The Washington Sun (formerly NOTUS) is leading a local news collaboration to spotlight the outstanding talent in high school athletics across the Washington, D.C., area.
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NEW: The White House is trumpeting its anti-fraud crusade in the leadup to the midterms, but it isn't saying how it crunched its numbers. The Sun’s review of the White House's "Fraud Ledger" found that it includes misleading and unsubstantiated claims. www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
The White House’s 'Fraud Ledger' Includes Misleading Claims
One senior official within an inspector general’s office questioned whether the public is “being bamboozled.”
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Our data team is seeking an enterprising senior or grad student to join us next summer, working on data analysis and/or reporting tools. You should have solid coding skills, smart ideas and enthusiasm for learning alongside our collaborative, fun team: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...
Newsroom Summer Internship Program 2027: Data Journalist
Application Instructions Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links...
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Great to see @andrewvandam.bsky.social at the @washingtonsun.bsky.social! IMO, we should just toll (congestion charge?) any driver coming into DC who don't have DC plates. washingtonsun.com/analysis/dcd...
SCOOP: Democrats' allies in Hollywood and entertainment industry are disillusioned with the party Dems are still asking them for messaging help in 2026 Hakeem Jeffries' team has hosted at least 2 meetings with screenwriters this cycle w/ @kadiagoba.bsky.social washingtonsun.com/2026-electio...
Democrats’ Hollywood Allies Think the Party Has Lost the Plot
A number of entertainment industry figures who worked on Democrats’ successful 2018 cycle are sitting this one out.
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NEW: For the first time, the federal government wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity information about Americans as part of the nation’s census, which has long been the nation's touchstone for demographic data. washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data
The administration wants to stop collecting data widely seen as fundamental to public policy, scientific study, market research and more.
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For the first time, the federal government wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity information about Americans as part of the nation’s census.
Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data
The administration wants to stop collecting data widely seen as fundamental to public policy, scientific study, market research and more.
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the brilliant @almsnatalie.bsky.social has alarming news out of the Census Bureau: The Trump administration wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity data in the decennial Census for the first time since it began in 1790. And they might not stop with the Census. washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data
The administration wants to stop collecting data widely seen as fundamental to public policy, scientific study, market research and more.
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as the Washington Post reeled from layoffs and, uh, other things, a heap of stellar reporters and columnists (and also me) left for NOTUS to help build a new newspaper for D.C. Good news! NOTUS is now The Washington Sun. washingtonsun.com/about-us/pre...
The Washington Sun • WashingtonSun.com
The Washington Sun covers politics and policy and the people who shape life in Washington — not just at the White House and in Congress, but at the Wilson Building, at Northwest Stadium and in the nei...
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NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun
A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.
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Today’s my first day with @notus.com! Stoked to get started here writing about sports in DC + beyond. emmabaccellieri@notus.com for all your tips, releases, etc. Let’s go 🤸🏻♀️
SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.
Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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The Trump admin‘s inspector general to the VA -demanded a private bathroom be built in her office -commissioned *her own flag,* again using our $$ ”There,” she told reporters. “Take a look at that flag” www.notus.org/agencies/tru... Banana-pants piece by @almsnatalie.bsky.social & Eric Katz
Excited to introduce the Pollwatcher newsletter! Every Thursday, I'll highlight fascinating and reliable data on what Americans think, why they think it and how we know www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Pollster Scott Clement will explore what polls reveal about the big issues shaping people’s lives across culture, technology, the economy and politics.
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Predatory schools fleeced GI Bill out of more than $300 million in a decade. Institutions defrauded VA and taxpayers, with some teaching how to grow grass and make fake rocks, a Post investigation finds. By Craig Whitlock (and me) wapo.st/4pW9eOt
How predatory trade schools drained $300 million from the GI Bill and failed veterans
Trade schools fleeced VA — and taxpayers — of more than $300 million, often by teaching short and easy courses, a Post investigation finds.
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citizens for joe kennedy 1988 still churnin' out six-figure investment returns! wild stuff from @markalfred.bsky.social www.notus.org/money/stock-...
Everyone that Kaela and I talked to for this story (including DDOT) was frustrated–and everyone (including DDOT!) had a point. See where streateries survive, why they needed to change, and how the requirements are shaping the future of dining in DC: dc.citycast.fm/business-dev...
See Where Streateries Survive in D.C. – And Why So Many Disappeared · City Cast DC
Restaurants resisted. The city government dug in. What if everyone was right?
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It's been hard to do my job this year. Being back reporting — and in print again — means more than I can say. Please spend some time with my story about a Trump administration crackdown on faculty speech at West Point, and one professor's lonely rebellion. wapo.st/4fo0lts
SCOOP: DCCC has at least once failed to tell House Democrats that it will interfere in a primary — after agreeing to keep them informed That incident and DCCC's loss in #AZ01 has led Dems to urge DCCC to reassess how it becomes involved in elections www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Sign up now for the NOTUS Metro newsletter for essential coverage of the D.C. region by @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @zaraleinorman.bsky.social! https://www.notus.org/metro-newsletter-signup
Have y'all been waiting with bated breath to learn more about the earliest Washington Post polls? Of course you have. Let's learn a little about "Joe Washington" I like Joe. He seems nice. @emgusk.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social (note Likert name-drop)
